A Ghost Under The Bed

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A Ghost Under The Bed

written by: Dimitris Bonovas

“Can you fly with broken wings?” That’s the question…

Sometimes, my dreams come and visit me. But not in a good way. Not with joy and pleasure. They’re coming like big, dark, scary beasts. Like voices in my head. Like a creepy shadow on my wall. And they want revenge. They want to destroy me because I wasn’t able to accomplish them. I wasn’t able to fight for them, to give all my life for them.
You see, I grew up. Or, to put it better, I changed. I became a part of this big, cruel world and I forgot that “once upon a time” I was a kid. And I had dreams. I buried them in a basement made of fears and insecurities. I threw the key away and went on with my life.

But moments like this are heavy.
Moments that remind me of who I was and what I wanted to be.
And I’m not what I wanted to be.

Dimitris Bonovas was born on 10-9-1989 in Ioannina, Greece. He gratuated from University of Western Macedonia in the field of Computer Science and Engineering.He started writing and composing at the age of 17. He graduated from Tsakalof conservatory at Ioannina with the degree of Harmony (2009), Counterpoint (2011) and Fugue (2015) with piano experience.He took part in 2nd, 3rd and 4th team poetry collections of "Διάνυσμα" publications (2015, 2016, 2017) and he has published a personal one in 2016 (Σύνθεσις).

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH

Dilip Mohapatra (b.1950), a decorated Navy Veteran is a well acclaimed poet in contemporary English and his poems appear in many literary journals of repute and multiple anthologies worldwide. He has six poetry collections to his credit so far. He has also authored a Career Navigation Manual for students seeking a corporate career. This book C2C - Campus to Corporate had been a best seller in the category of Management Education. His fairly long association with the Spillwords community has been very endearing and rewarding. Earlier he was the Author of the Month in May 2017 and this is his second time. He lives with his wife in Pune, India.

POST OF THE MONTH

Of life ever after, of love ever after
Conditional on blind devotion, a jest?
Exquisite manipulation of senseless souls
Lost in the search of meaning and lifelong purpose
Led, oh so willingly, to believe there is more
What lies after? More lies? Eternal life? Like this?
Endlessly searching the missing piece of my soul
Forcibly ripped by all knowing, all powerful
There is reason, a reason, no comprehension
Given and taken, a blessing. Eternal curse.
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